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MEDIA
ADVISORY
From the
Illinois House of Representatives
For Immediate
Release:
For More Information:
Erin O’Brien (217) 782-4040
May 2, 2001
Illinois House
Redistricting Subcommittee to Hold Local Public Hearing
Waukegan
– Area legislators and members of the Illinois House Committee
on Redistricting will be in Waukegan on Friday, May 4, to gather
input on the Congressional and legislative re-map process. Representatives
from local governments and community organizations will testify
about the anticipated impact the new map will have on their constituencies
and members.
Following two
full Committee hearings – one in Springfield, one in Chicago –
a series of subcommittee hearings have been scheduled in communities
throughout Illinois.
WHAT: Illinois
House Redistricting Subcommittee Hearing
WHO: State
Representative Louis Lang (D-Skokie)
State Representative
Susan Garrett (D-Lake Forest)
State Representative
Karen May (D-Highland Park)
State Representative
Jack Franks (D-Woodstock)
Suzi Schmidt,
Lake County Board Chairperson
Commissioner
Angelo Kyle, Lake County Board
Mayor William
Durkin, City of Waukegan
Mayor Pamela
Althoff, City of McHenry
Alderman Bill
Bolger, City of McHenry
Village President
Kevin Brusek, Village of Richmond
Kathleen Ryg,
Vernon Hills Trustee
Suzanne Simpson,
Warren Township Supervisor
Rosa Reye
Prosen, Latino Coalition of Lake County
Patricia Handy,
Lake County Urban League
Marion McElroy,
Lake County NAACP
Lenore Beyer-Clow,
McHenry County Defenders
Yvonne Beer-Reedy,
McHenry County Realtors
Mary Walker,
Waukegan Downtown Association
And many
others
WHEN: Friday,
May 4 at 1:00 p.m.
WHERE: Lake
County Building, 18 North County St., County Board Room, 10th
Floor
Those seeking
information on the redistricting process and schedule, or updated
population data can log on to the legislature’s new redistricting
web site at www.ilredistricting.org.
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